The Climate Data Records (CDR) Inventory houses information on satellite-derived CDRs provided mostly by CEOS and CGMS member agencies. The inventory is a structured repository for the characteristics of two types of CDRs:
- Climate data records that exist and are accessible, including frequently updated interim CDRs;
- Climate data records that are planned to be delivered.
The CDR Inventory is an open resource to explore existing and planned data records from space agency sponsored activities and provides a unique source of information on CDRs available internationally. Access links to the data are provided within the inventory, alongside details of the data’s provenance, integrity and application to climate monitoring.
The inventory will be continuously updated, in a joint effort between the support team at EUMETSAT and data producers and curators, to provide the users with up-to-date information, and for each entry in the database there is information concerning the time of its last update.
The CDR Inventory is a follow-on of the ECV Inventory, and it has therefore inherited most of its heritage contents, published since 2020. The vast majority of the CDRs currently displayed address the GCOS Essential Climate Variables (ECV), but the new database is now lifting the constraint on containing purely GCOS variables and will include a broader range of CDRs addressing other space-observable variables that are relevant for climate applications.
The new CDR Inventory is equipped with an improved visual display and set of filtering tools for navigating the contents of the database, as well as an API for programmatic access. A user guide is available. For any question or to provide your contribution or feedback, please contact us.
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